I wonder how much $$ changed hands to pay for this verdict? Bribes!
Bribes! Bribes! Rightist Supreme Court Demands Liberty For Radical Right
Wing Reactionary Jan 6 Traitors Who Hate America and All It Stands For!

Bought and paid for corrupt Supreme Court says traitors must tamper with
documents like Trump did to be charged and sentenced for obstructions

The justices ruled that obstruction charges must include proof that
defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents.

More than 350 people have been charged with obstructing Congress�
business
- the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

The law that prosecutors used was passed in 2002, after the Enron
scandal,
to stop corporate misconduct.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act outlines criminal penalties for anyone who
"alters,
destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object",
and
another clause includes anyone who "otherwise obstructs, influences, or
impedes any official proceeding".

Justice department prosecutors argued for a broad interpretation of the
law
to include those who broke into the Capitol on 6 January 2021 in an
attempt
to keep Trump in the White House.

But in a 6-3 opinion which cut across the Supreme Court's usual
ideological
lines, the court ruled that the law should be interpreted relatively
narrowly - and used only against defendants who tampered with documents.

While the court introduced another wrinkle into the special prosecution
of
the former president - and the Supreme Court could rule in a separate
case
expected next week that he has immunity for his actions - it is unclear
whether the decision will halt one of the charges against him.

"For Trump, I think there will be litigation," said Aziz Huq, a professor
at the University of Chicago Law School.

"But the charges against him involve falsifying or altering 'records,
documents, or objects'. So I think it likely doesn�t undermine those
charges."

In addition, Special Counsel Jack Smith has also charged Trump with other
crimes in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 result:
Conspiring to defraud the US and conspiring against the rights of
citizens.

Those charges will go ahead regardless of the outcome of the obstruction
case.

The special prosecutor faces an obvious deadline. If Trump wins the
November election, he will be able to remove Mr Smith from his post and
end
the federal legal case.

US Department of Justice Joseph Fischer shown facing police inside the
Capitol on 6 January 2021US Department of Justice
Joseph Fischer (centre, holding phone) briefly entered the Capitol and
encountered police officers on 6 January 2021
What about the other Jan 6 defendants?

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was one of a number of laws used against those who
stormed the Capitol in January 2021.

About 25% of Capitol riot defendants were prosecuted under the law, and
according to Attorney General Merrick Garland, all of those faced
additional charges.

"The vast majority of the more than 1,400 defendants charged for their
illegal actions on January 6 will not be affected by this decision," Mr
Garland said in a statement issued after the decision in which he also
noted he was disappointed with the ruling.

The case was brought to the Supreme Court by Joseph Fischer, a former
police officer from Pennsylvania who attended Trump�s rally in Washington
on 6 January 2021, then briefly went inside the Capitol.

He was seen arguing with police on video before leaving the building.

Lower courts will now decide whether the obstruction charge against him
can
continue. However, Mr Fischer also faces trial on a number of other
charges
including civil disorder, disorderly conduct and assaulting, resisting or
impeding a police officer.
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More than 1,400 people have been charged with crimes related to the riot.

According to justice department figures, more than 500 defendants have
been
charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers, including more
than 130 who have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or
causing serious bodily injury to a police officer.

And more than 1,300 people have been charged with entering or remaining
in
a restricted federal building or grounds. More than 100 of those have
been
charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly
weapon.